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later agreed to by Generalissimo Stalin in his conversations with
Mr. Hopkins on 28 May 1945.
4. It remains to be determined, therefore, whether or not
all of the four states concerned agree to such a proposal and
whether such a four-power trusteeship should be independent of
the United Nations Organization or part of it. The strategic
position of Korea between China, the Soviet Union and Japan,
and the instability of the Korean Government prior to its annex-
ation by Japan made it the scene of rivalry between China and
Japan and later between Japan and Russia. Unless prompt agree-
ment is reached among the four major Allies on the form of
trusteeship for Korea, rivalry for the control of Korea may
again develop.
5. Korea is a territory to which the proposed International
Trusteeship System, as provided for in the Charter of the United
Nations, is applicable. It is a territory detached from an enemy
state as a result of this war and one in which a progressive
development toward independence should be promoted. Korea is
not one of the United Nations.
6. There would be several advantages to the Koreans in
placing Korea under the International Trusteeship System as a
trust territory, no part of which is designated as strategic:
a. The Charter provided that the terms of the
trusteeship for all areas not designated as strategic
shall be approved by the General Assembly. Hence, any
trusteeship agreement for Korea made by the powers con-
cerned would be subject to the approval of all the
United Nations, thereby increasing the responsibility
of all the powers for carrying out the agreement.
b. The Charter further provides that the Administer-
ing authority shall make an annual report to the General
Assembly on the political, economic, social and educational
advancement of the inhabitants of the trust area. Conse-
quently, the Korean people would have the benefit of the
SWNCC 101/4
Appendix "B"
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